•The Show Us Your Vintage Camera Thread•

[vin88]

Sept french camera/projector 35 mm

 

[IanG]

View attachment 184334 Christmas gift from wife.
From Camerapedia: The No. 1 and No. 1A Pocket Kodak was a folding camera. It made 2 ½×4 ¼ " exposures. The Pocket No. 1 used 120 film and the Pocket No. 1A used A116 film.

Between 1908 and 1912 the Kodak Company manufactured the 1A Special model. The 1A Autographic Special was the autographic variant beginning in 1914, allowing the photographer to make notes on the film


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Differs fom my two 1 Autographics. I must take some photos.

Ian

 

[compur]

I'd read about this camera but had never seen one in the flesh before this weekend when I found one at an estate sale for a whopping $20.

I wouldn't call it handsome but I have a thing for obscure 35mm rangefinders with interchangeable lenses. This is the Anscomark M, marketed in the USA in the early 1960s by Ansco but really made by Riken (Ricoh) in Japan where it was sold as the Ricoh 999. Few were sold so it is a rare beast and collectible. It is a rangefinder camera with coupled meter and 4 lenses were made for it: 35/3.5, 50/2.8, 50/1.9 and 100/4. The body has a Seikosha leaf shutter with speeds 1-1/500.

I found mine with the 50mm f/1.9 and the 100mm lenses at an estate sale. The meter is the selenium type and its sensor is beneath that nameplate in the upper left corner. Push a little tab and the cover flips up revealing the meter port. The viewfinder has frame lines for all 3 focal length lenses. Film advance is via a lever on the bottom.

So far the camera seems fully functional including shutter, rangefinder and meter though I expect the meter's accuracy is probably off.

The 50mm lens needs repair -- the diaphragm blades are out of whack but the 100mm seems fine. Unfortunately, the camera originally came with special detachable strap lugs which are missing on my camera and are probably impossible to find now. Optically, the lenses are supposed to be quite good. They do appear well made.

 

[IanG]

Interesting, in the 50's and 60's there were quite a few short lived camera companies with quite elaborate systems and also companies like Ricoh, Mamiya etc making cameras re-badged by local importers/distributors.

These Focal Press books covered some of the better cameras of each year, essentially they contain short extracts form the well known Focal Press Camera Guides. I have 3 of these covering 1958-63 unfortunately they don't covere ever amk and model.

Ian

 

[IanG]

Two included in the above book, to me these are the peak of vintage camera design and capable of results equalling modern cameras.

An M3 with 50mm f2 Summicron.

My MPP Microcord II, essentially a British made Rolleicord. MPP had access to the Rollei and Linhof factories and blueprints as part of war reparations,

Ian

 

[vintagesnaps]

Compur that is so cool, I love midcentury design. And Ricohs.

It might be a long shot (probably) but have you ever tried Pittsburgh Camera Exchange/Bernie's Photo? One of their stores has new, the other vintage, and they have all kinds of small parts and oddities. Their ebay seller name is onlinephotostuff .

Or may Pacific Rim Camera, although I don't know if I've seen small parts, etc. on their site. Or maybe even Central Camera in Chicago (central-camera-co on ebay), although you might have to call since they don't seem to list a lot on ebay. They've been in business for a hundred years, I'd think they may have who knows what laying around!

 

[compur]

Thanks for the tips, Sharon. I have bought parts and stuff from onlinephotostuff and Pacific Rim.

 

[vin88]

Nikon and Leica had thr best lenses. glass not plastic

 

[star camera company]

I’m a BIG fan of stereo photography, and the incredible gear built around it. The Stereo Realist is a Legend among cameras. Solid, reliable, well built, highly capable optics....from 1947 to about 1975 this camera was offered along with a massive amount of support for stereo slide creation and viewing. ..... there are a LOT of Realists out there....but as far as I know, my customized model 1041 is unique. I painted most metalwork black, and recovered it in blue lizard skin!

 

[Derrel]

Here is my 1938 baby Speed Graphic

And here is my first Nikon which I bought in 1982, during my first year in college. I still have it, it still works fine.

 

[star camera company]

There is just something so “perfect” about a brassed Nikon F with a strap.

 

[Derrel]

Canon 5D, but vintage lenses from the 1960's and 1970's. On the camera is a late 1970s Olympus OM 28 mm f/2.8wide angle. On the right in the foreground is a 1970's Vivitar Series 1 55 mm f/ 2.8 macro in m42 thread, and the other m42 lenses are an Asahi Super Takumar 135/3.5 and an Asahi Super Takumar 200/4.

 

[Derrel]

Nikkor primes, photo from 2004.top row 105mm f/2 AF-D Defocus Control, 135mm f/2 AF Defocus Control, 180mm f/2.8 AF-D ED, 85mm f/1.4 AF-D, 60mm f/2 8 AF-D micro. BOTTOM:20mm f/2.8 AF-D, 24mm f/2.8 AF -D, 35mm f2 AF-D, 50mm f 1.8 AF.

 

[Derrel]

In 2014 I took my Yashica to to the Oregon coast. While I was there at Siletz Bay, this woman asked me if I would take a photo of her holding the camera, and so I did.

 

[vin88]

Here is my 1938 baby Speed GraphicView attachment 185415

And here is my first Nikon which I bought in 1982, during my first year in college. I still have it, it still works fine.View attachment 185416

Is that a Nikon EM ? vin